craw

[ kraw ]

noun

1. the crop of a bird or insect.
2. the stomach of an animal.

craw

/ krɔː /

noun

1. a less common word for crop
2. the stomach of an animal
3. stick in one's craw or stick in one's throat informal.
   to be difficult, or against one's conscience, for one to accept, utter, or believe

Word History and Origins

Origin of craw¹

1350–1400; Middle English crawe, probably akin to crag ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of craw¹

C14: related to Middle High German krage, Middle Dutch crāghe neck, Icelandic kragi collar

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. stick in one's craw, to cause considerable or abiding resentment; rankle:

   She said I was pompous, and that really stuck in my craw.

More idioms and phrases containing craw

see stick in one's craw .

Example Sentences

It’s a major stick in the craw of civil rights activists who see these moves as aggression against voters of color.

From Time

One image in the film also stuck in my craw: a shot of a little boy in the audience holding up his white stuffed unicorn.

From The Daily Beast

The seizure of this particular spring sticks in the craw of Palestinian activists—see the “infographic.”

From The Daily Beast

The house is full of “sickness and strain,” which Coral escapes by walking through the “dark craw” of the nearby Sap Green Forest.

From The Daily Beast

But what really stuck in my craw was that Pope mindlessly repeated a spate of spurious claims about ethanol and Brazil.

From The Daily Beast

Small craw-fish387 go up as far as the mountains,388 and the larger as far as the confluence of the Indus and the Acesines.

From Project Gutenberg

I'll put grit in your craw and bones in your back, and a sup of glue, till you can stand straight and stick to your friends.

From Project Gutenberg

In spite of her anxiety, Nell's laughter rang through the room, as she pictured the pompous Mr. Brander thumping his "craw."

From Project Gutenberg

"Got sand in his craw, young Beaudry has," was the common verdict.

From Project Gutenberg

A bisque of craw-fish may also be served à la Colbert the same as a bisque of lobster.

From Project Gutenberg